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Luke 1:46-55

4th Sunday of Advent - Year C

December 23, 2012

There are experts in nearly every field of human endeavor. There are expert wine tasters, expert roof repairers, expert balloonists, expert heart surgeons, expert fly fishermen. And I would gladly take the advice of these folks, should I find myself in need of it. So when I was given advice some time ago that was said to come from an expert in a field I had never heard of, it gave me pause. I hadn't known about the need for this expertise, but here it is. An expert stringer of pearls is said to offer this advice: "Pearls should be restrung once a year, and if you wear them a lot, twice a year." That's good advice, I guess, though I don't happen to have pearls valuable enough to worry about restringing.

Luke 1:26-38,47-55

4th Sunday in Advent - Year B

December 18, 2011

These two passages from Luke's gospel, held together, provide a way of seeing the world of Mary, the reality of Christmas, the potential for our own spiritual lives. The first verses, 26-38, are traditionally known as the Annunciation; the second portion of scripture is known as the Magnificat. The first is the call of God. The second is the human response.

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December 21, 2008

The Rev. Dr. Fred R. Anderson
(PCUSA)

The Rev. Dr. Fred R. Anderson is pastor of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City.

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